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F3 tornado in Red River County, Texas

Tornado May 4, 1999 · Red River County, Texas

Rating

50.2 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$125.0M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Red River County → Bowie County → Little River County, Arkansas → Sevier County, Arkansas; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous trees were blown over or broken. A few out buildings were severely damaged. This tornado moved from Titus county, TX into Red River county, TX and exited into Bowie county TX.

Began near Avery (33.3800, -94.8700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5696337. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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